Plans for a “futuristic” South London home have been rejected by the local council, after a neighbour said the new house would “devastate” their family.

Greenwich Council has rejected plans for a new three-bedroom house in Shooters Hill.

The plans sought to build a two-storey home on the corner of Dallin Road and Mayplace Lane.

Several objections to the project were received from neighbours, claiming the building’s design was “futuristic” and “unattractive”.

The application was discussed at a planning committee meeting for Greenwich Council on September 26.

News Shopper: A CGI of the proposed home to be built on the corner of Dallin Road and Mayplace Lane. Permission for use by all LDRS partners. Credit: London Design House

Sarah Mollet said she has lived in the area for 10 years and that she was worried about how the new building would affect sunlight reaching her back garden.

Ms Mollet said at the meeting: “My garden is my solace. I have a full-time job, I have elderly, sick parents that I care for. This is going to devastate my family.”

Joanna Fisher said she moved into her home near the site 22 years ago. The resident claimed she and the local community “adamantly” objected to the plans for the new home.

She said her family chose to move into her current home due to the extraordinary views and long garden, which she feared would also lose sunlight from the new development.

She said at the meeting: “The development will have a detrimental effect on the area in terms of works, noise pollution, its visual impact and not to mention the invasion of our well earned privacy.”

Luke Hill, the applicant for the scheme, originally put forward plans for the house in February 2022 that the council subsequently refused due to the home’s “excessive” footprint and bulk.

Council officers described the current plans in their report as being reduced in scale compared to the previous proposals.

Jacob Jaarsma, speaking on behalf of the applicant, said he and Mr Hill were mindful of the concerns raised by residents and had made efforts to overcome them in the new design.

Despite this, councillors criticised Mr Hill for failing to engage with residents on the redeveloped plans for the home.

Mr Jaarsma said at the meeting: “We’re trying to strike that balance between a design that works and that’s aesthetically pleasing, as well as the need to respect residential amenity. We think the evidence, the technical reports and the scheme as a whole demonstrates that we’ve achieved that, in our opinion.”

The planning committee voted to refuse the application to build the new home on Dallin Road on the grounds of the building’s design, height and impact on the surrounding area.